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by Curt Richards - a short synopsis and where to find them.
Curt Richards is a retired public school teacher from the Upstate of South Carolina. He has taught various science courses for forty years ranging from middle school to college. During his career, Richards has mentored numerous teachers and practice teachers. He feels that there is no higher calling than to guide young people as well as adults through their education. In his spare time, Richards enjoys studying nature, gardening, hiking, reading, socializing with family and friends, and writing across multiple genres.
* 30 Insights for New Teachers to Thrive
(nonfiction)
* Misguided Passions and the Lord's Prayer
(nonfiction)
* Voices Beyond the Creek
(Young adult fiction. To be published by Wild Rose Press later in 2025)
The purpose of this book is to help beginning teachers and refresh veteran teachers to handle many situations that confront ALL teachers and guide them toward a love for their craft and their students. What you will find are realistic situations that all teachers encounter, and some food for thought about maneuvering day-to-day classroom experiences.
Misguided Passions and the Lord's Prayer
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In Misguided Passions and the Lord’s Prayer, Curt Richards examines the Lord’s Prayer line by line and draws out comforting and reassuring insights that can be applied to the daily lives of anyone, especially those struggling with misguided passions. Richards shines a light on the beautiful universal truths found in the Lord’s Prayer and offers encouragement and hope to those who feel trapped or weighed down by their misguided passions.
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ALL ROYALTIES FOR THIS BOOK WILL BE DONATED TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
Voices Beyond the Creek
Voices Beyond the Creek is a tale of fourteen-year-old Caleb Austin and his friend Marlee (Mary Lee) Patterson and their first realizations of poverty and prejudice in the rural town of Fletcher, North Carolina. The story takes the reader from September 1961 through April 1962 as the children are confronted with the “creek people”, a backwoods poverty-stricken community who live in the Hollow, divided from the town people by Cane Creek.
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(Publication TBA)
Full Length Plays by Curt Richards
*The Essence of Rose McFarland
A comedy that deals with the more serious questions of our legacy. After we are departed, what do we leave our family, and the world, other than our material possessions? Can we leave behind the essence of who we are . . . or were?
*Too Busy for the Moon
A hilarious comedy about a busy young woman who is busy opening her new Café and Coffee Shoppe and busy planning an Arts’ Festival and a masquerade ball. Her boyfriend is concerned that she is too busy for their romance and the trip to the cabin to enjoy the “Hunter’s Moon.”
Contact Curt Richards at curtrichards202@gmail.com or The New Play Exchange for more information.
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